Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – Chicken breeders in Blitar regency, East Java, have suggested that the government avoid intervening in the…
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May 9, 2019
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Investigators are currently looking for the people responsible for spreading false information claiming that National…
A Polish tourist in Indonesia jailed for five years after meeting West Papuan rebels has filed an appeal of his sentence.
Jakub…
Jakarta – The government plans to develop 4,479.33 kilometers of toll roads by 2030 in addition to the 1,500 km toll road projects that are to be…
Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Indonesia is finding it challenging to reach this year's oil and gas lifting target, as the oil depletion…
Jakarta – Homegrown ride-hailing application Go-Jek has said the number of orders for ojek (motorcycle taxis) has dropped in five cities…
Jakarta – The controversy surrounding the movie Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories of My Body) continues unabated, as the administration of Padang…
Jakarta – Lokataru Foundation Human Rights and Law Director Haris Azhar is pessimistic that the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…
Whether or not the infamous hardline group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) will continue to exist after their permit as a civil society…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Kivlan Zein, the former chief of staff of the Indonesian Army's Strategic Command, or Kostrad, has…
Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expressed his optimism towards Indonesia becoming a fully-developed nation. The…
Jakarta (Antara) – The Election Commission (KPU) has completed the process of vote recapitulation of the 2019 general elections in 93…
Jakarta – Five out of 34 provinces in Indonesia have wrapped up vote tabulation for the April 17 general election, the General…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police arrested an alleged terrorist during a raid at a mobile phone store in North Bekasi, Bekasi City, West Java, on…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday that he would be able to give his best for the country during his…
Indonesia is facing a crisis of "hyper-regulation". Politicians seems to consider law to be a panacea for any and all of the country's ills, with…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The government will form a new team of legal advisors to assist law enforcers in maintaining national security after…
Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Executives of state-owned enterprises must approach any investment offer from China with extreme caution as Chinese…
May 8, 2019
Jakarta – The Directorate General of Taxation reports that only 768,000, 52.24 percent, of all companies and other institutions…
Jakarta – Indonesian anti-terrorism police have shot dead one Islamist militant and detained six suspected of planning attacks on officers with…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force has announced that it will participate in the country's tradition of waking people up during the fasting month…
Jakarta – Early this year, the Immigration Office in Banda Aceh saw an unusual uptick in passport applications, with up to 200 being received…
Indonesian prosecutors have demanded jail sentences for two West Papuans accused of possessing weapons.
Yakonias Womsiwor and…
Indonesia's most infamous hardline Islamist group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), is, in many ways, Indonesia's equivalent to the rising alt-…
The government may have warned hardline groups against conducting raids against restaurants and other businesses they think are disrespecting…
A 67-year-old man from the East Kalimantan city of Samarinda has been accused of raping his teenage daughters, aged 19 and 16, for seven years.…
Stories about protests against Christian churches being built and opened have become depressingly common in Muslim-majority Indonesia, but…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is urging Coordinating Minister for Security,…
Jakarta – The deputy chairperson of the Islamic based Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS), Hidayat Nur Wahid, says that he doesn't agree with the…
Jakarta – Padang Public Order Agency officers (Satpol PP) on Tuesday conducted raids on restaurants that were open during the day in the fasting…
Jakarta – The Indonesia Toll Road Authority (BPJT) has confirmed the toll road operator will increase the rates for the Soekarno-Hatta…
Ivany Atina Arbi and Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin went to the Corruption Eradication Commission (…
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that Bukit Soeharto (Soeharto Hill) in East Kalimantan is a suitable place for a new capital…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The recent decision of the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) to suspend collaboration with…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named the regent of South Solok in West Sumatra, Murni Zakaria, a…
Jakarta – Indonesia saw its foreign exchange reserves dip in April as the government continues paying off its overseas debts.
The foreign…
Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Indonesian coal miners are facing regulatory and economic challenges that may potentially hurt their earnings,…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Wiranto clarified his plan to establish a national legal team…
Jakarta (Koran Tempo) – Al-Chaidar, an observer of terrorism from Aceh's Malikussaleh University, said there are currently some 37,000 terrorists…
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Narcotics Agency (BNN) collaborated with ride-hailing app company Grab Indonesia to prevent illegal drug distribution. The…
We have seen plenty of videos of Indonesian students engaging in incredibly awful and disrespectful behavior at school, from smoking in class to…
Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Indonesian coal price reference (HBA) has continued to decline this month due to shrinking market demand…
May 7, 2019
Made Anthony Iswara and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's open unemployment rate slightly dropped to 5.01 percent in February this…
Jakarta – The government will decide on new price ceilings for airplane tickets within a week to force airlines to lower airfares, after two…
Jakarta – Indonesian Police Chief (Kapolri) General Tito Karnavian is threatening to use the maker (treason, subversion, sedition) articles to…
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded its lowest unemployment rate in more than a decade this year, though a wide gender wage gap has…
Jakarta – The government's plan to form a national legal team to assess figures that violate the law following the April 17 presidential and…
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Press Council is demanding Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs, Wiranto, clarify his remark on…
Budiarti Utami Putri (Koran Tempo), Jakarta – The Democratic Party criticized the government's plan on forming a national legal team tasked to…




